Honourable Member,for Kingstown : A man might have a big tap and use no
more water than the man with a small tap who might have a number of children
bathing all the time; he uses more water and pays less because he puts in less
taps.
 Honourable Acting Crown Attorney : You have to use your common sense to
see which way you are going to get cheaper water.
 Honourable Member for Kingstown : If it is a half-inch pipe you will get a
half inch supply. It depends on how much' you use.
 Superintendent of Works: Mr. McIntosh forgets that if a man puts in
twenty taps a different leading-in pipe will be put to feed those taps. If a man
has a hotel and fifty half-inch taps you can't give him a half-inch supply.
 Honourable Member for Kingstown : Yes; if he wants it so, you should not
charge hiii more just for the convenience. He cannot get full pressure from the
one downstairs when he is using the one upstairs and vice versa.
 President : I would like to get Regulation 3 cleared up; we are row dealing
with 4.
 Honourable Member for Kingstown : My idea is to exempt them from the
general rate and charge them the same rate for a private service as you charge
anybody else.
 President : The idea is to give it to them cheaper, but this would be dearer.
 Honourable Member for Kingstown: In this case they would be exempt
from the general rate, but they are not bound to have the private service.
 Honourable Member for North Windward: Is it suggested that they get
special treatment?
 Honourable W. A. Hadley: Yes.
 Honourable Member for Kingstown : No special treatment at all.
 Honourable Acting Crown Attorney: They are exempt from the general
water' rate; they do not pay the service rate; all they pay is two dollars a year and
you say they do not get special treatment.
 President : Do not tell me any of you will pay less than two dollars a year.
The" suggestion is that if it is a church two- dollars a year is charged for one tap.
If that is not a concession I do net know what it is.
 Honourable Member for.Kingstown : It is the tap system that I am objecting
to altogether. If you are going to give the church special concession give them
special concession for the water and not the taps. If you feel they should pay
two do'atrs, let them pay two dollars whether they have one' or two taps.
 President : Under Regulation 6- you have all the rules regarding meters. If
they want a meter let them get it.
 Honourable Member for Kingstown : If you are metering let everybody get
meters. What I am saying. is, that the system of charging by taps is not fair.
 Honourable Acting Crown Attorney : it is fair, you can have a meter if you
are' not satisfied to' pay per tap ".
 President: If you want a meter you can come under Regulation 6.
 H~Iiourable. Acting Grown- Attornrey : I move that the amendment suggested
by the Water Rates Committee be adopted: That the word "metered" be
deleted and the words charged one dollar per annum for each additional tap be
added at the end.
 Honourable Member for Grenadines : I think that is the best.
 Hdflourable W. A. Hadley : Or have a meter.
 Honourable Member for Kingstown: Even if you have one tap' ha it
 metered.
 Honourable W. A. Hadley : That would cost too much; let us say two dollars.